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Carl Schlechter vs Georg Rotlewi
Karlsbad (1911), Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary) AUH, rd 8, Aug-31
Formation: Queen Pawn Game: London System (D02)  ·  0-1

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Feb-07-16  morfishine: No doubt, one of Rotlewi's greatest accomplishments beating the immensely stubborn Schlechter
Feb-07-16
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  offramp: An example of Schlechter's inventiveness when in a tough situation.


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He is two pawns down, but he offers up a third pawn with 29.g4!

Rotlewi did not take that pawn. If he had played 29...hxg4, then White would have played 30.Rh6+.


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Here, 30...Kd7 looks bad as it allows 31.Rf7+. But 30...Ke7 also doesn't look good owing to the straightforward 31.Bg1!


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...and white cannot protect the ♙c5 by ...b7-b6 because of the hanging bishop on c6. That is not a disaster but it is not fantastic, either.

But after 30.Rh6+ black might have played 30....Kd5.


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...which is a bit more complicated. White would have played 32.b2-b3! with rather scary threats of mate.


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Rotlewi wisely decided to avoid all that difficulty.

Feb-07-16  morfishine: <offramp> Nice write up. Poor Rotlewi, he's probably doomed to be only remembered as the victim of Rubenstein's "Immortal" (gawd, I'm sick of that term): Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907

But he was a really good player with a number of high profile wins

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Jun-16-16
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  Richard Taylor: He was, he died too young. I have known that game for years but I did notice in another book on chess that he was very talented and may have done a lot better except for illness.

But Rubinstein had a rough road also but lived quite long.

Of course the famous game is quite wonderful. But it does eclipse Rotlewi's achievements if that is all we think of him for.

Sep-25-20
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  nizmo11: Well played by Rotlewi, but at least partly self-inflected defeat from Schechter; The critical position is after 23...Bc6


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Perhaps Schlechter did not see a response against the threat 24...e5 and played the desperate 24. e4? But he had a better defense with either 24. Rdh1 or 24. De2
Both 24. Rdh1 24...e5?! 25.Rxh5, and
24.Qe2 24...e5?! 25.g4! hxg4 26.Rh6 Dg8 27.Bxe5! are OK for White.

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